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Moths of the Amazon and Andes : Brazil
 
Red-banded Bee-mimic
Aethria haemorrhoidalis
Family - ARCTIIDAE
subfamily - Ctenuchinae
Tribe -
 
 introduction | habitats | lifecycle | adult behaviour
 

 
 
Introduction
 
A nocturnal member of the Arctiidae. Bee-mimics and wasp-mimics are very common amongst the subfamily Ctenuchinae. Photographed in Rondonia, Brazil.
 
Habitats
 
Lowland rainforest.
 
Lifecycle
 
To be completed.
 
Adult behaviour

 

Attracted to mercury vapour light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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